iPod Touch Parental Controls?
Where are the Parental Controls for something like email (Mail) on an iPod Touch?
On the Mac, they are there, but I can not seem to find them for my kids iPod Touch?
Surely Apple has a solution?
iPod touch, iOS 5.0.1
Where are the Parental Controls for something like email (Mail) on an iPod Touch?
On the Mac, they are there, but I can not seem to find them for my kids iPod Touch?
Surely Apple has a solution?
iPod touch, iOS 5.0.1
Not really. The Touch, like the iPad is meant to be a single user device, so it's not set up with parental controls or separate accounts. The closest you can come is to investigte the restrictions under settings. You can disable some things and limit others.
Not really. The Touch, like the iPad is meant to be a single user device, so it's not set up with parental controls or separate accounts. The closest you can come is to investigte the restrictions under settings. You can disable some things and limit others.
This just seems SO WRONG! My kids do not need to see the crap that is out there and being sent even via email. Apple does such a great job on parental controls on the Mac, one would think it would be a no-brainer for them to do the same on their other devices. I see this as a huge black ugly hole at Apple now!
If you wish to comment to Apple with suggestions on how they could improve the parental controls, you can do so via their feedback pages:
You can, of course, prevent the setting up of an email account if you wish via the Restrictions currently on the iPod. You can then disable Safari and get one of the other browsers that allow site filtering such as MobiCIP. But kids can still get access to lots of stuff you don't want them to see.
Regards.
If you wish to disable Mail, you should be able to use Settings -> General -> Restrictions (Give it a separate passcode and DO NOT FORGET IT) -> Accounts -> Don't Allow Changes. Then make sure there is no mail account to begin with. I think that will stop you kids from getting email.
of course unless you also disable Safari, they could use a web interface for email.
And you should disallow "Installing Apps", as they could just install another browser.
iPod Touch Parental Controls?